Flashback Saints loved Love Street
This photo looks as ancient and battered as the old lady was herself when St Mirren eventually packed up and left in 2011.
For those without your specs, here’s a glimpse of Love Street, with the old Main Stand under construction, dating the picture from around 1920.
Upon its completion, the stand would remain pretty much as was until the day it was eventually flattened – 90 years later.
Its shell itself makes it instantly recognisable to anyone who misses the old stadium.
In the far distance, behind the goal at the Love Street end, is a dainty pavilion which had been rebuilt since Saints originally moved in to the ground from their former Westmarch home, following a demand in an increase in rent. Frozen in time
St Mirren FC is a club with a proud tradition – and a history to match.
They have been at the centre of the Scottish game since their formation in 1877.
Today, we head back in time to 1920 and a treasured photograph that reveals a lot about Love Street
Who knows who St Mirren are playing in the photo, but the Buddies clearly turned out in their numbers to cheer on the boys in black and white.
And as for health and safety, the disregard is clear, with the punters packing out the sidelines underneath the construction sight of the Main Stand.
The North Bank is just that in nature – an embankment of dirt to give the fans a better vantage point of the action unravelling, while what looks to be a running track clearly circles the field.
The construction and the development of the ground would suffer because of a financial crisis.
The Main Stand would end up being just two-thirds the size that it was originally planned to be, with the idea to extend it to a full-length grandstand in future years never coming to fruition.
After the work was done, there would be no more.
Not for 30 years at least, when the North Bank was covered and floodlights installed.
The stand would remain pretty much as was until the day it was flattened - 90 year later